It’s really good to have different types of media to count on when you need to look for inspiration. You can find inspiration browsing through typography galleries, videos, packages, ads and much more. Today we will show you some inspiring print ads we found on Ads of the World so you can check out some nice colors, textures, type and copy. (more…)
Website speed is not something that should be taken lightly, especially since it has such a big impact on SEO. To help you out, today we gathered 8 free tools for testing your website speed. Some of the tools will generate suggestions to make things faster on your site, while others will give you detailed info about load speed and other things. So make sure to check out each of them. (more…)
Designing a website user interface can be a struggle match. If you’re building a small portfolio or simple blog layout there isn’t as much to worry about. However an entire magazine requires featured stories and sidebar widgets and author profiles. There is a lot to consider! (more…)
Over at our sister site, Theme Trust, we’re dedicated to creating new high-quality premium WordPress themes. But we’re also committed to keeping our older themes up-to-date and fresh. We’ve just recently taken our most popular theme, Filtered, and given it a major overhaul. We’ve added new features, fixed bugs, but what’s most exciting is that we’ve made it responsive – which means it’s layout will now automatically adapt to the screen size one which it’s being viewed. This ensures that it will look great across multiple devices. (more…)
Here at WDL, we really like minimalism and we believe that the “less is more” principal can result in amazing websites. Minimalism, explained as the essence of something, is when we reduce something to its necessary elements. What is the right amount of elements to compose a minimal design is a polemic subject, but we can all agree that having few elements make a layout elegant, easy to understand/use and pleasant to see. Today we gathered a few examples of minimalistic designs to inspire you, check it out. (more…)
Dribbble is definitely a great source of inspiration, and is also a good source of high quality free material. From PSD Files to icons and many other things, you can find a lot of nice free stuff over there. It’s really nice to check out how many good designers share their creations for free at Dribbble. It’s definitely a network to keep an eye on. Today we gathered a few free textures from Dribble to show you, so make sure to check out each designer’s page to download some goodies. (more…)
What if I told you that it is possible to work fewer hours per day, have more free time for fun and leisure, produce more work at a higher quality than ever before and never burn out? If you are anything like me then you would probably say that sounds like a nice infomercial – but you’re not buying. And I wouldn’t blame you because like many of you, I’ve always had a very industrial mindset when it comes to work. Meaning, if the demand is high then you roll up your sleeves and put in the extra time to get the job done. It doesn’t always leave you feeling rejuvenated and sometimes you have to miss out on a bit of fun, but that’s life. There’s no getting around the fact that work takes time and more work takes more time. Right? Wrong. (more…)
Finding the perfect font for a project can be a real challenge, so there’s nothing better than having a huge amount of fonts readily available in your own library to count on. And it’s always good to have websites to count on when you need to look for fonts. That’s why today we gathered 9 new free fonts for your designs. (more…)
Working as a freelance web designer you’ll find yourself naturally jumping from project-to-project. This quick pace comes with the lifestyle and requires some serious dedication. You cannot get lost in the royalties of extra touch-ups and recoloring textures. (more…)
Sliders are an excellent way to organize and highlight important content on a site. They can also be used to display a good amount of content within a limited amount of screen real estate. The most popular way to add a slider or slideshow to a website is still jQuery, which seems to have a new plugin released every day. In order to give you some inspiration, we’ve gathered 21 very good examples of how sliders are being used today. (more…)
